MSN Password Recovery version 1.30 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized input in the registration code field. Attackers can generate a 9000-byte buffer of repeated characters and paste it into the 'User Name and Registration Code' field to trigger an application crash.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Active

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00029.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Top Password Software MSN Password Recovery affected
Version Status Constraints
1.30 affected —

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47839 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.top-password.com/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/msn-password-recovery-denial-of-service cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Top Password Software
Top Password Software msn Password Recovery
Vendors & Products Top Password Software
Top Password Software msn Password Recovery

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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Description MSN Password Recovery version 1.30 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized input in the registration code field. Attackers can generate a 9000-byte buffer of repeated characters and paste it into the 'User Name and Registration Code' field to trigger an application crash.
Title MSN Password Recovery 1.30 - Denial of Service
Weaknesses CWE-120
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-12T15:44:29.818Z

Reserved: 2026-02-10T19:06:52.438Z

Link: CVE-2020-37215

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-12T15:44:26.566Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-11T21:16:17.350

Modified: 2026-02-12T15:10:37.307

Link: CVE-2020-37215

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-12T09:03:20Z

Weaknesses